The Problem.
Many articles on Wikipedia could use an image, but the only corresponding images on iNaturalist currently lack an appropriate sharing license (CC0, CC-BY, or CC-BY-SA). The following taxa have been identified as being needed on Wikipedia and worthy of requesting a license change. If you identify another such image then please add it to the list below.
A list of those images with licenses that have been changed are given further below in this thread.
A separate wiki list is kept for those images also not represented on Wikimedia Commons but do not yet have a corresponding Wikipedia article. These images would be useful for future articles on the subject.
The Numbers
1121 image license change requests sent to 1043 users
776 responses received (69%)
711 positive responses (96%), 45 requests stalled, 27 refusals
682 image licenses changed by 627 users
66 users (6.3%) then applied these changes to all their other images as well
53 images requested, but no longer required
Images needed
Here is a list of selected taxa that have research grade images on iNaturalist but no corresponding image on Wikipedia:
Abagrotis erratica - license change requested 10 Apr 2025
Acacia clunies-rossiae (Kowmung Wattle) - license change requested 13 Feb 2025
Acanthixalus sonjae (Ivory Coast Wart Frog) - license change requested 03 Jan 2022
Acanthodactylus blanci (Blanc’s Fringe-toed Lizard) - license change requested 15 Mar 2023
Acontias albigularis - license change requested 07 Jan 2022, reminder sent 06 Mar 2024 (n.b. first user refused request)
Acontias grayi (Gray’s Dwarf Legless Skink) - license change requested 04 Jan 2022
Acontias parietalis - license change requested 04 Jan 2022
Acrolepiopsis californica - license change requested 09 Apr 2025
Acrotaeniostola dissimilis - license change requested 09 May 2025
Acrotaeniostola quinaria - license change requested 09 May 2025
Adelophis copei (Cope’s Mountain Meadow Snake) - license change requested 05 Jan 2022
Adelophryne maranguapensis - license change requested 05 Jan 2022
Adelphicos sargii (Sargi’s Earth Snake) - license change requested 11 Aug 2022
Adenomera lutzi (Lutz’s Tropical Bullfrog) - license change requested 06 Jan 2022
Aedes cantator (Brown Saltmarsh Mosquito) - license change requested 08 Jun 2023
Afrixalus uluguruensis (Uluguru Banana Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Afrixalus wittei (De Witte’s Spiny Reed Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022
Agalychnis terranova - license change requested 12 Aug 2022
Agama knobeli (Knobel’s Agama) - license change requested 20 Dec 2022
Agathymus mariae (Mary’s Giant-Skipper) - license change requested 07 Jan 2023
Agetinus subcostatus - license change requested 27 Oct 2024
Aglaothorax diminutiva (Diminutive Shieldback) - license change requested 29 May 2023
Agrotera ignepicta - license change requested 05 Apr 2023
Alcyopis cyanoptera - license change requested 18 Mar 2021 with reminder on 10 May 2022, and second user asked on 16 Jan 2022.
Allobates caeruleodactylus - license change requested 08 Jan 2022, reminder sent 06 Mar 2024
Allobates juanii - license change requested 09 Jan 2022
Allobates marchesianus (Dull Rocket Frog) - license change requested 09 Jan 2022
Allocapnia maria (Two-knobbed Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021, reminder sent 10 Jul 2023
Allocapnia minima (Boreal Snowfly) - license change requested 25 Apr 2021, reminder sent 10 Jul 2023
Allomallodon popelairei - license change requested 28 Mar 2022
Aloeides susanae (Susan’s Copper) - license change requested 22 Sep 2024
Alsodes igneus (Tolhuaca Spiny-chest Frog) - license change requested 10 Jan 2022
Alsodes montanus (Mountain Spiny-chest Frog) - license change requested 10 Jan 2022
Alsodes tumultuosus (La Parva Spiny-chest Frog) - license change requested 11 Jan 2022
Ameerega boliviana (Bolivian Poison Frog) - license change requested 13 Jan 2022
Ameerega braccata (Mato Grosso Poison Frog) - license change requested 13 Jan 2022
Amolops assamensis (Assam Stream Frog) - license change requested 14 Jan 2022
Amolops granulosus - license change requested 14 Jan 2022
Anarta decepta - license change requested 24 Jan 2025
Andrena melliventris (Honey-tailed Miner) - license change requested 11 Jul 2023
Anolis sacamecatensis (Mount Sacamecates Anole) - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anolis zapotecorum (Zapotec Anole) - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anomalopus swansoni (Punctate Worm-Skink) - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Anomalopus leuckartii (Two-clawed Worm-Skink) - license change requested 19 Jan 2022
Anomochilus leonardi (Leonard’s Pipe Snake) - license change requested 19 Jan 2022, reminder sent 27 Aug 2023
Ansonia tiomanica (Pulo Tioman Stream Toad) - license change requested 20 Jan 2022
Antillotyphlops monensis (Mona Blind Snake) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Anurogryllus celerinictus (Havana Syndrome Cricket) - license change requested 15 Mar 2023
Aphthona nigriscutis (Black Dot Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle) - license change requested 26 Feb 2025
Aplastodiscus albofrenatus (White-fronted Tree Frog) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Apotrophus simplicicollis - license change requested 02 May 2022
Araneus bivittatus - license change requested 25 Mar 2023
Archelaphe bella (Bella Rat Snake) - license change requested 22 Jan 2022
Arcovomer passarellii - license change requested 22 Jan 2022
Arctosa emertoni (Emerton’s Wolf Spider) - license change requested 22 Jan 2025
Argyrotaenia citharexylana - license change requested 27 Jun 2023
Aromobates meridensis (Mérida Rocket Frog) - license change requested 23 Jan 2022
Arthroleptides martiensseni (Usambara Torrent Frog) - license change requested 23 Jan 2022
Arthroleptis adolfifriederici (Rugegewald Screeching Frog) - waiting until user (sekisambu) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Arthroleptis affinis (Ahl’s Squeaker) - waiting until user (donchelu) has responded on a previous request (Jan 22) before sending.
Arthrosaura versteegii - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Asaccus gardneri (Musandam Leaf-toed Gecko) - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Asaccus margaritae (Wadi Al Helo Leaf-toed Gecko) - license change requested 25 Jan 2022
Astylosternus ranoides (Central Night Frog) - license change requested 27 Jan 2022, reminder sent 29 Jun 2024
Atractaspis dahomeyensis (Dahomey Burrowing Asp) - license change requested 30 Jan 2022
Aubria subsigillata (Brown Ball Frog) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022
Awaous bustamantei - license change requested 22 Dec 2023
Barteria fistulosa - license change requested 23 Apr 2024
Basicladia okamurae - license change requested 28 Mar 2025
Betta ocellata (Eyespot Betta) - license change requested 01 Jan 2024
Bicilia iarchasalis - license change requested 14 Apr 2023
Blepharomastix haedulalis - license change requested 22 Apr 2023
Boana goiana (Goiás Tree Frog) - license change requested 25 Apr 2020
Boana rubracyla (Valle Tree Frog) - license change requested 27 Apr 2020
Bodianus opercularis (Blackspot Hogfish) - license change requested 21 Jan 2024
Bolitoglossa subpalmata (La Palma Salamander) - license change requested 27 Jun 2023 (nb. first user refused request)
Bombylius fulvibasoides - license change requested 18 Jan 2025
Bulia similaris (Similar Graphic) - license change requested 04 Apr 2021, reminder 24 Apr 2022 (nb. first user refused request)
Buzyges idothea (Yellow-clubbed Skipper) - license change requested 16 Jan 2025
Caaeteboia amarali (Amaral’s Ground Snake) - license change requested 12 Jan 2022
Cadra calidella (Dried Fruit Moth) - need image to replace sketch drawing
Cadra figulilella (Raisin Moth) - need image to replace sketch drawing
Cadra furcatella - need image to replace sketch drawing
Caenopangonia brevirostris - license change requested 20 Apr 2024
Callionymus filamentosus - license change requested 27 Dec 2023
Callistola zonalis - license change requested 21 May 2025
Capperia ningoris (Hedgenettle Plume Moth) - license change requested 23 Jan 2025
Carex aperta (Columbian Sedge) - license change requested 09 Sep 2022
Carex thunbergii - license change requested 22 May 2025
Cecharismena nectarea - license change requested 05 Sep 2023
Cerotainiops abdominalis - license change requested 13 Jun 2023
Cherax quinquecarinatus - license change requested 15 Oct 2024
Citharinus gibbosusi - license change requested 09 Mar 2024
Clastoptera doeringae (Mountain-juniper Spittlebug) - license change requested 27 Feb 2025
Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis (Kottiyoor Round-eyed Gecko) - license change requested 10 Mar 2025
Coenostolopsis apicalis - license change requested 05 Apr 2023
Colactis baboquivari - license change requested 15 Mar 2023
Concinnia sokosoma (Stout Barsided Skink) - license change requested 25 Sep 2022
Copromorpha lichenitis - license change requested 18 May 2024
Coptotettix annandalei - license change requested 28 Jul 2022
Cordylus beraduccii (Maasai Girdled Lizard) - waiting until user (mefupa) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Cosmophasis ambonensis - requested December 07, 2021
Costoanachis semiplicata (Gulf Dove Snail) - license change requested 21 Apr 2021
Crambus tutillus - license change requested 08 Apr 2025
Cressona valida - license change requested 12 Mar 2025
Criodion cinereum - license change requested 01 Sep 2021 (nb. first user refused request)
Crossodactylus caramaschii - license change requested 26 Apr 2024
Cryptocephalus pallidicinctus - license change requested 16 Jan 2025
Cryptotriton veraepacis (Baja Verapaz Salamander) - license change requested 01 Feb 2022
Ctenotus nullum (Nullum Ctenotus) - license change requested 29 Jun 2023
Cycas candida - license change requested 11 Oct 2024
Deoptilia heptadeta - license change requested 06 Feb 2025
Derobrachus brevicollis (Bahiagrass Borer) - license change requested 02 May 2022
Derobrachus thomasi (Thomas’s Oak Borer) - license change requested 03 May 2022
Diastictis albovittalis - license change requested 05 Apr 2023
Diastictis pseudargyralis - license change requested 06 Apr 2023
Dioryctria taedivorella (Lesser Loblolly Pine Coneworm Moth) - license change requested 28 Feb 2025
Dolichoderus angusticornis - license change requested 11 Nov 2024
Dolichophis andreanus (Andreas’ Racer) - license change requested 16 Jan 2022
Donacia parvidens - license change requested 25 Jun 2024
Donacia porosicollis - license change requested 25 Jun 2024
Dormitator lebretonis (Clay Goby) - license change requested 26 Mar 2024
Echinanthera cyanopleura - license change requested 07 Sep 2023
Echinanthera melanostigma - license change requested 07 Sep 2023
Echinanthera undulata - license change requested 07 Sep 2023
Eleocharis bolanderi - license change requested 19 Sep 2022
Eois platearia - license change requested 16 Feb 2025
Epalpus rufipes - license change requested 06 Feb 2025
Ephoron album - license change requested 22 Jan 2025
Eucalyptus × alpina - license change requested 10 Feb 2025
Eucera cordleyi (Cordley’s Long-horned Bee) - license change requested 26 Jan 2024 (nb first observation lost RG status and identification)
Euleia unifasciata - license change requested 11 Jun 2023
Euthlastoblatta abortiva - license change requested 24 Apr 2021, reminder 08 May 2022
Euxoa furtivus - license change requested 20 Jan 2025
Exostoma peregrinator - license change requested 12 Mar 2024
Filatima monotaeniella - license change requested 31 Dec 2024
Fomitopsis nivosa - license change requested 04 Dec 2023
Forficula mikado - license change requested 06 May 2021
Forficula ruficollis - license change requested 06 May 2021
Gagea mauritanica - license change requested 04 May 2025
Galerga hyposticta (Angled Sylph) - license change requested 21 Feb 2025
Gekko rhacophorus (Sabah Flying Gecko) - license change requested 30 Dec 2022
Geokichla leucolaema (Enggano thrush) - license change requested 26 Mar 2020
Geomys bursarius ssp. lutescens (Sand Hills Pocket Gopher) - one RG obsn but of a dead animal
Geomys personatus ssp. streckeri - license change requested 11 Dec 2023
Geomys texensis (Central Texas Pocket Gopher) - license change requested 14 Jun 2022
Gnorimoschema septentrionella - license change requested 25 Jan 2025
Gonyosoma jansenii (Celebes Black-Tailed Ratsnake) - license change requested 30 Dec 2022
Goodenia coronopifolia - license change requested 24 Nov 2024
Gretna zaremba (Variegated Crepuscular Skipper) - license change requested 03 Mar 2023
Gryllita arizonae - license change requested 07 May 2021
Halenia pulchella - license change requested 25 Jan 2021, and 16 Jan 2022 (second user).
Halichoeres bicolor (Brown-stripe Wrasse) - license change requested 24 Jan 2024
Halichoeres insularis (Socorro Wrasse) - license change requested 09 Feb 2024
Hemidactylus biokoensis (Bioko Island House Gecko) - license change requested 12 Aug 2022
Hemidactylus laticaudatus (Andersson’s Leaf-toed Gecko) - license change requested 15 Jan 2022
Hemipilia gracilis - license change requested 05 Jun 2024
Hemipilia pinguicula - license change requested 01 Jun 2024
Hemonia monochroa - license change requested 22 Aug 2023
Hemonia simillima - license change requested 22 Aug 2023
Henricus infernalis - license change requested 05 Dec 2022
Heptium scamillatum - license change requested 20 Apr 2021
Herpetogramma fuscescens - license change requested 25 Apr 2023
Herpetogramma stultalis - license change requested 26 Apr 2023
Heterachthes integripennis - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Hibbertia oblongata - license change requested 16 Nov 2024
Hibbertia sessiliflora (Sessile Guinea-Flower) - license change requested 13 Jan 2025
Hoplopholcus labyrinthi - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hoplopholcus minotaurinus - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hoplopholcus minous - license change requested 19 Jun 2021
Hybolasius viridescens - license change requested 25 Feb 2024
Hygrocybe andersonii - license change requested 31 Dec 2023
Hypatopa titanella - license change requested 08 Apr 2025
Hypocalymma phillipsii - license change requested 13 Oct 2024
Iais californica* - license change requested 01 Aug 2024
Indotyphlus battersbyi (Battersby’s Caecilian) - license change requested 07 Feb 2022
Inga cordistipula - license change requested 17 Jul 2024
Iniistius jacksonensis (Keelhead Razorfish) - license change requested 09 Feb 2024
Iniistius umbrilatus (Blackside Razorfish) - first user refused request to change license
Interochromis loocki - license change requested 28 Aug 2024
Ischiocentra quadrisignata - license change requested 03 Jul 2024
Ixodes tasmani (Common Marsupial Tick) - license change requested 24 Dec 2024
Kepolydesmus anderisus - license change requested 07 Oct 2021
Lacinipolia longiclava - license change requested 24 Jan 2025
Lacuna marmorata - license change requested 06 Oct 2022
Lacuna variegata - license change requested 06 Oct 2022
Lagopsis darwiniana (Darwin’s Horehound) - license change requested 19 Nov 2023
Laphria canis - license change requested 01 Apr 2021
Leiocottus hirundo (Lavender Sculpin) - license change requested 18 Mar 2023
Lenbrassia australiana - license change requested 28 Nov 2024
Lepidoblepharis peraccae - license change requested 02 Feb 2025
Leporinus agassizii - license change requested 21 Mar 2024
Leporinus britskii - license change requested 14 Mar 2024
Leporinus octofasciatus (Eight-banded Leporinus) - license change requested 21 Mar 2024
Leucopogon microcarpus - license change requested 12 Nov 2024
Liparis bracteata - license change requested 12 Nov 2024
Lonchura nevermanni (Grey-crowned Munia) - license change requested 26 Jul 2022
Lulesia densifolia - only one RG observation, but user (kallampero) did not answer previous request.
Lygosoma haroldyoungi (Banded Supple Skink) - license change requested 01 Feb 2022
Lysmata bahia - license change requested 19 Jun 2023
Macrotermes gilvus - license change requested 23 May 2021 (first user refused request)
Magdalis subtincta - license change requested 29 Dec 2024
Marmosa phaea (Little Woolly Mouse Opossum) - license change requested 02 Feb 2025
Melanoplus saltator (Willamette Short-wing Grasshopper) - license change requested 24 Aug 2022
Mesalia mesal - license change requested 12 Oct 2022
Microdipodops megacephalus ssp. albiventer (Desert Valley Dark Kangaroo Mouse) - license change requested 01 Jul 2023
Minervarya brevipalmata (Short-webbed Frog) - license change requested 29 Jun 2024
Mispila tenuevittata - license change requested 08 May 2025
Mojaviodes blanchardae - license change requested 02 Mar 2025
Monochamus nitens - license change requested 18 Jun 2024
Monochroa angustipennella - license change requested 18 Jan 2025
Monodesmus callidioides - license change requested 08 May 2022, reminder sent 18 Aug 2022
Myioscaptia inopinata - license change requested 03 Jan 2025
Nealcidion cuspidatum - license change requested 09 Apr 2021
Nebria macrogona - license change requested 28 May 2024
Nebritus tanneri - license change requested 06 Feb 2025
Necyopa subtriangula - license change requested 11 May 2025
Nemomydas pantherinus - license change requested 13 Jun 2023
Neoanalthes contortalis - license change requested 08 Apr 2023
Neoclytus modestus - license change requested 09 Apr 2021
Neocompsa gaumeri - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Neocompsa intricata - license change requested 31 Mar 2021, reminder sent 11 Jul 2023
Neocompsa tenuissima - license change requested 19 Apr 2021
Neolasioptera monardi - license change requested 05 Sep 2024
Nephrurus sheai (Kimberley Rough Knob-tailed Gecko) - license change requested 15 Oct 2021
Ninia guytudori (Tudors’s Coffee-Snake) - license change requested 11 Oct 2024
Ninox randi (Chocolate Boobook) - wait for response (from carlosbocos) from 26 Jul 2022
Nippoptilia minor - license change requested 22 Apr 2022
Notarcha polytimeta - license change requested 08 Apr 2023
Nystalea eutalanta larva - license change requested 06 Sep 2023
Odontophrynus lavillai (Cei’s Escuerzo) - license change requested 28 Jun 2024
Oncideres angaturama - license change requested 07 Apr 2021
Oncideres digna - license change requested 17 Apr 2021
Oncideres fulva - license change requested 21 Mar 2021
Oncideres limpida - license change requested 15 Apr 2021
Oncideres scitula - wait for response from Neocompsa tenuissima request (19 Apr 2021)
Ophisops nictans (Lesser Snake-eyed Lacerta) - license change requested 08 Mar 2025
Ornarantia ophiodesma - license change requested 28 Jan 2025
Ornarantia scenophora - license change requested 28 Jan 2025
Orthomegas irroratus - license change requested 10 May 2022
Orthomegas monnei - license change requested 10 May 2022
Paracapnia opis (Northeastern Snowfly) - license change requested 15 Mar 2023 (nb. first user declined request)
Parapercis albiventer - license change requested 06 Apr 2024
Paraxarnuta anephelobasisr - license change requested 12 May 2025
Pardosa mackenziana (Mackenzie’s Thin-legged Wolf Spider) - license change requested 23 Apr 2021
Peasiella tantilla - license change requested 11 Apr 2022
Perideridia lemmonii (Lemmon’s Yampah) - license change requested 14 Jun 2022
Phelsuma abbotti ssp. abbotti (Aldabra Island Day Gecko) - license change requested 25 Sep 2022
Phostria chrysomera - license change requested 11 Apr 2023
Phyllophaga hirsuta - license change requested 16 Feb 2025
Physiculus luminosa (Luminous Cod) - license change requested 03 Jan 2024
Pitta abbotti (Nicobar Hooded Pitta) - license change requested 11 Jan 2024
Plateumaris dubia (Long-horned Leaf Beetle) - license change requested 26 Jun 2024
Platysace maxwellii - license change requested 24 Nov 2024
Plectranthias kamii (Yellowsnout Sea Bass) - license change requested 26 Dec 2023
Plectranthias morgansi - license change requested 24 Dec 2023
Plectranthias winniensis (Redblotch Perchlet) - license change requested 24 Dec 2023
Poecilopyrodes pictus - license change requested 11 May 2022
Polacantha grossa - license change requested 13 Jun 2023
Polacantha sinuosa - license change requested 13 Jun 2023
Prenesta latifascialis - license change requested 09 Sep 2023
Priapella compressa (Southern Priapella) - license change requested 11 Mar 2024
Pristimantis hectus (Six-toed Rainfrog) - license change requested 16 Oct 2023
Pronectria erythrinella - license change requested 31 Jul 2022
Psammina stipitata - license change requested 19 Feb 2025
Pseudochromis luteus (Purple-tailed Dottyback) - license change requested 05 Mar 2024
Pseudochromis ransonneti (Karimunjawa Dottyback) - license change requested 06 Mar 2024
Pseudomys calabyi (Kakadu Pebble Mouse) - license change requested 03 Dec 2024
Ptychadena ansorgii (Ansorge’s Ridged Frog) - license change requested 21 Jan 2022
Pyropyga alticola - license change requested 19 Apr 2025
Quercus urbanii - first user unsure of identification. second user contacted 27 Apr 2021
Reticulitermes hageni - license change requested 24 Apr 2021
Rhabdophis nuchalis (Groove-necked Keel-Back) - 3 images to replace pickled museum specimen image
Rhyssoplax canaliculata - license change requested 22 Mar 2025
Robinsonella mirandae - license change requested 04 Jun 2022
Sathria simmialis - license change requested 21 Apr 2023
Savalia lucifica - license change requested 24 Jun 2023
Schizomyia impatientis (Jewelweed Gall Midge) - license change requested 31 Aug 2023
Scincopus fasciatus (Peters’ Banded Skink) - license change requested 05 Nov 2023
Scopula fuscata - license change requested 10 Apr 2025
Simianus melanocephalus - license change requested 19 Apr 2025
Spondias radlkoferi - license change requested 02 Apr 2021
Spulerina dissotoma - license change requested 05 Feb 2025
Stenoptilodes brevipennis - license change requested 19 Apr 2021
Storeria hidalgoensis (Mexican Yellowbelly Brown Snake) - license change requested 25 Jun 2023
Stricticomus valgipes - license change requested 12 Jul 2023
Sturnira ludovici (Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat) - license change requested 22 Mar 2021
Sueviota bryozophila - license change requested 08 Mar 2024
Sumitrosis ancoroides (Anchor Tortoise Beetle) - license change requested 04 Sep 2024
Tepuihyla edelcae (Ayarzaguena’s Tree Frog) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022
Thryssa nasuta (Estuarine Thryssa) - license change requested 22 Dec 2023
Thryssa chefuensis (Chefoo Thryssa) - license change requested 22 Dec 2023
Tidarren haemorrhoidale - license change requested 10 Jul 2023
Tillandsia elongata - license change requested 07 Apr 2021
Trachydora peroneta - license change requested 28 Dec 2024
Tropidion personatum - license change requested 07 Mar 2021
Turdinus marmoratus (Marbled Wren-Babbler) - license change requested 25 Mar 2022
Turdus helleri (Taita Thrush) - license change requested 27 Mar 2020
Tylomys nudicaudus (Peters’s climbing rat) - license change requested 09 Nov 2020, and 27 Mar 2021 (second user)
Tympanocryptis macra (Savannah Earless Dragon) - license change requested 08 Dec 2024
Uramya halisidotae - license change requested 06 Aug 2024
Utricularia purpureocaerulea - license change requested 01 Dec 2024
Vostox apicedentatus (Toothed Earwig) - license change requested 06 May 2021, reminder sent 27 Sep 2022
Westralunio carteri (Carter’s Freshwater Mussel) - license change requested 18 Oct 2024
Xyrichtys victori (Galapagos Razorfish) - license change requested 11 Feb 2024
License change initiated but now stalled
Adelphicos newmanorum (Newmans’ Earth Snake) - license change requested 11 Aug 2022
Afrixalus laevis (Smooth Spiny Reed Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022, reminder sent 26 Jan 2024
Afrixalus orophilus (Kivu Banana Frog) - license change requested 07 Jan 2022, reminder sent 21 Aug 2022
Agalychnis medinae - license change requested 08 Jan 2022, reminder sent 26 Jan 2024
Agrotera fumosa - license change requested 04 Mar 2023
Allobates wayuu - license change requested 10 Jan 2022, reminder sent 21 Aug 2022
Ammoplanus sp. - license change requested 20 Sep 2023
Amolops hainanensis (Hainan Torrent Frog) - license change requested 14 Jan 2022, reminder sent 19 Aug 2022
Anolis carpenteri - license change requested 18 Jan 2022, checked 18 Aug 2022
Anolis stevepoei - license change requested 18 Jan 2022
Ansonia penangensis (Penang Stream Toad) - license change requested 20 Jan 2022, replied 16 Jul 2022, checked 18 Aug 2022
Asterophrys turpicola (New Guinea Bush Frog) - license change requested 26 Jan 2022
Atheris barbouri (Uzungwe Mountain Bush Viper) - license change requested 29 Jan 2022, user may prefer -CC-BY-NC license. Reminder sent in Mar 2024, but another RG CC-BY-SA observation now exists
Basilia boardmani - license change requested 14 Sep 2024 but user (edcoreyncdpr) unsure about changing license
Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi (Álvarez del Toro’s Hidden Salamander) - license change requested 11 Jan 2022 and reminders sent 19 Aug 2022 and 06 Mar 2024
Elapsoidea nigra (Black Garter Snake) - license change requested 07 Feb 2022. User checking for other releasable images. Reminder sent 19 Aug 2022.
Elysia lobata - license change requested 08 Oct 2022
Eurycea waterlooensis (Austin Blind Salamander) - license change requested 31 Jan 2022. User checking with original photographer. Reminder sent 19 Aug 2022.
Guttigadus latifrons - license change requested 22 Dec 2023
Hexoplon calligrammum - license change requested 29 Mar 2021, reminder 17 Jan and 19 Mar 2022.
Laphystia flavipes - license change requested 14 Jun 2023. user unsure of dropping -NC caveat
Laphystia ochreifrons - license change requested 13 Jun 2023
Leporinus amae - license change requested 20 Mar 2024
Melanoplus bruneri (Bruner’s Spur-throat Grasshopper) - license change requested 20 Mar 2022, reply received but no change, follow-up sent 19 Aug 2022
Mesogyne insignis - license change requested 14 Jan 2025
Nealcidion latum - license change requested 22 Apr 2021, reminder 13 Jan 2022 and 19 Aug 2022.
Nothopleurus castaneus - license change requested 08 May 2022, checked 18 Aug 2022
Ochraethes tomentosus - license change requested 16 Apr 2021
Oncideres diringsi - license change requested 17 Apr 2021, user replied 21 Feb 2023
Oncideres sobrina - license change requested 21 Apr 2021, user unsure of changing
Orthomegas folschveilleri - license change requested 09 May 2022
Parhippolyte uveae - license change requested 18 Jun 2023, waiting for user to return from field.
Parastrongylaspis linsleyi - license change requested 11 May 2022, re-checked 18 Aug 2022
Paraterellia ypsilon - license change requested 11 Jun 2023
Pediasia abnaki - license change requested 21 Jan 2025. User (hughmcguinness) not sure about dropping - NC caveat.
Pseudochromis pylei (Pyle’s Dottyback) - license change requested 05 Mar 2024, user unsure of changing
Images unsuitable (re-checked 26 Jan 2024)
Acanthodactylus arabicus (Arabian Fringe-fingered Lizard) - the only RG images are by the same user who was reluctant to change from -NC license previously
Afrixalus equatorialis (Congo Banana Frog) - positive response, but image identification now withdrawn
Afrixalus vibekensis (Nimba Banana Frog) - only one RG observation, but contributor is not authourised to change image license.
Amblyornis macgregoriae (MacGregor’s Bowerbird) - need image to replace one of museum specimen, but RG iNat images not suitable
Ansonia vidua (Murud Black Slender Toad) - only one RG observation, but contributor is not authourised to change image license.
Anthonomus heterothecae - only one RG observation, but user previously refused a request.* - only one RG observation, but user previously refused a request.
Bibundia hermanni - only one RG observation, but license change request refused.
Bulbophyllum vanroyenii - only one RG observation, but contributor is not authourised to change image license.
Ceratinopsis interpres - two RG observations, but user previously refused a request
Conalcaea cantralli - only one RG observation, but user did not answer previous request.
Dactyloceras barnsi - two RG observations, but one by a user who did not respond to an earlier request, and the other of just a broken wing.
Donacia assimilis - only one RG observation, but user previously refused a request
Galaxiella toourtkoourt (Little Galaxias) - two observations, one refused and the other from a user that previously did not answer a request
Harpalus herbivagus - only one RG observation, but user unwilling to change license on previous request.
Hemidactylus homoeolepis (Arabian Half-toed Gecko) - the only RG images are by the same user who already refused a different request
Interjectio denticulella - only one RG observation, but license change request refused
Ixalodectes flectocercus - only one observation, but user now suspended
Leptoceletes dehiscens - only one observation, but user previously refused a request
Leptoceletes pallidus - only one observation, but user previously refused a request
Lygropia erythrobathrum - only one RG observation, but user reluctant to share further images
Microstigmus adelphus - only one RG observation, but user reluctant to share further images
Nosophora fulvalis - only one RG observation, but user did not answer previous request.
Oncideres rubra - only one RG observation, but license change request refused
Paraidemona punctata - only one RG observation, but user is deceased.
Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi (Rama Rao’s Scorpionfish) - only one RG observation, but indistinct and shares image with another fish.
Thoracibidion striatocolle - license change of only observation requested 24 Mar 2021, but now no longer appears as RG, possibly as the result of another users deleted account.
Tortyra argentifascia - neither of the two RG images currently available appears to be definitive according to user:coronadogim.
Images requested but no longer needed
Acanthais triangularis - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (Chaco Side-necked Turtle) – first user refused request, second user did not reply but replacement image now uploaded
Acleris foliana - license change requested but user selected NC/ND caveats, reminder sent on 18 Aug 2022, now no longer needed.
Acleris inana - license change requested, positive response received but now no longer needed.
Acontias tristis (Northern Cape Legless Skink) - license change requested 04 Jan 2022. later merged/swapped with Acontias lineatus and image no longer needed.
Agalinis pennellii - license change requested but user no longer confident in identification.
Agelaia multipicta - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Aplagiognathus spinosus- license change requested but now no longer needed.
Armoracia sisymbrioides - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Asiadodis yunnanensis (Chinese Shield Mantis) - license change requested but now no longer needed (two users asked).
Boana beckeri (Becker’s Tree Frog) - first user did not complete license change, but species now merged with Boana polytaenia (Cope’s Eastern Paraguay Tree Frog) on iNat (ASW yet to follow)
Boana joaquini (Serra Geral Tree Frog) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Boana latistriata (Itatiaia Tree Frog) - license change requested, but species now merged with Boana polytaenia (Cope’s Eastern Paraguay Tree Frog) on iNat (ASW yet to follow)
Boana pellucens (Palmar Tree Frog) - license change requested 25 Apr 2020 but replacement image now uploaded
Coprinellus aureogranulatus - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Coptotermes gestroi (Asian Subterranean Termite) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Cordierites coralloides - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Dejongia lobidactylus - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Dermanura watsoni - license change requested, user unable to change license but now no longer needed.
Diaperasticus erythrocephalus - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Echinostelium minutum - license change requested but now no longer needed. User asked had not been active for a few years prior to request.
Epicaerus lepidotus - license change requested from two users (nb. first user refused request) but now no longer needed.
Eucapnopsis brevicauda (Shorttailed Snowfly) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Gracixalus quangi (Quang’s Tree Frog) - license change requested but now no longer needed. User responded later and changed default image license for future observations.
Grapholita fissana - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Gymnogryllus leucostictus - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Hemidactylus brasilianus (Brazilian Half-toed Gecko) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Heteromys salvini (Salvin’s Spiny Pocket Mouse) - license change requested but first user did not complete license change, image now no longer needed.
Hileithia differentialis - license change requested.
Hyperaspis binotata - license change requested and was awaiting dissection results, but now no longer needed.
Indicator exilis (Least Honeyguide) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Lasiopogon littoris - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Liolaemus stolzmanni (Stolzmann’s Lizard) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Lygropia distorta - license change requested but but now no longer needed.
Myadestes coloratus (Varied Solitaire) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Neodiphthera sulphurea - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Neotoma macrotis (Big-eared Woodrat) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Ochraethes palmeri - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Odo patricius - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Ogcocephalus radiatus (Polkadot Batfish) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Odontotermes obesus - image originally requested was downgraded to genus level ID. Replacement image found on Wikimedia Commons.
Ophonus subquadratus - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Polymorphus minutus - license change requested but user replied that image is now no longer positively indentified.
Protopiophila litigata (Antler Fly) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Pselliopus zebra - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Rekoa malina - license change requested but first user did not complete license change, image now no longer needed.
Rhyncolus macrops - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Rhyzobius forestieri - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Staphida everetti (Chestnut-crested Yuhina) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Strigatella tristis - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Strongylognathus arnoldii - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Tantilla planiceps (Western Black-headed Snake) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Turdus lherminieri (Forest Thrush) - license change requested but now no longer needed.
Udea radiosalis - license change requested but user no longer confident in identification and is no longer a observation RG.
Images waiting to be requested
Acacia dermatophylla - just asked same user (geoffbyrne) in Nov 2024
Acacia latipes - just asked same user (geoffbyrne) in Nov 2024
Acacia puncticulata - just asked same user (nicklambert) in Dec 2024
Acacia squamata - just asked same user (geoffbyrne) in Nov 2024. Only needed to supplement existing painted image.
Aglaothorax gurneyi (Gurney’s Shieldback) - just asked same user (bugsoundsjc) in May 2023
Aglaothorax longipennis (Santa Monica Shieldback) - just asked same user (yetika) in Mar 2023
Allobates nidicola - waiting until user (pedroivosimoes) has responded on a previous request (reminder sent Mar 2024) before sending
Amietia hymenopus (Phofung River Frog) - waiting until user (alexanderr) has responded on a previous request (reminder sent Mar 2024) before sending
Amnirana lemairei (Lemaire’s White-lipped Frog) - waiting until user (alexanderr) has responded on a previous request (reminder sent Mar 2024) before sending
Anamera obesa - user yipsee has an image, but is marked as all rights reserved (May 2025)
Anampses lennardi (Blue-and-yellow Wrasse) - just asked same user (glen_whisson) in Jan 2024
Annona deminuta - user dieterschulten has only image, but is marked as CC-BY-NC (Jul 2024)
Ansonia albomaculata (Whitebelly Stream Toad) - just asked same user (fhadlikennedi) in Jan 2022
Ansonia jeetsukumarani (Jeet Sukumarana’s Torrent-dwelling Toad) - just asked same user (kennethchinimages) in Jan 2022
Anyphaena californica - waiting until user (kschnei) has responded on a previous request (Apr 21) before sending.
Aoranthe penduliflora - waiting until user (andreaudzungwa) has responded on a previous request (Jan 25) before sending.
Aprasia aurita (Eared Worm-Lizard) - just asked same user (Mar 2024)
Argyrotaenia niscana - just asked same user (silversea_starsong) in Mar 2024
Aspidura brachyorrhos (Boie’s Rough-sided Snake) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (sanjaya_kanishka) in Jan 2022
Aspidura desilvai (De Silva’s Rough-sided Snake) - just asked same user (sullivanribbit) in Jan 2022)
Aspidura drummondhayi (Drummond-Hay’s Rough-sided Snake) - wait a few weeks, just asked same user (sanjaya_kanishka) in Jan 2022
Ateloplus coconino (Coconino Shieldback) - just asked same user (bugsoundsjc) in May 2023
Atelopus mindoensis (Mindo Stubfoot Toad) - waiting until user (felipecampos) has responded on a previous request from Jan 22 before sending
Atteva niveigutta - waiting until user ( subhajit_roy) has responded on a previous request from Mar 2025 before sending
Bajulata bajula - waiting until user (psyllidhipster) has responded on a previous reminder from Sep 2022 before sending
Balaustion grande - just asked same user (geoffbyrne) in Nov 2024
Balaustion quinquelobum - just asked same user (geoffbyrne) in Nov 2024
Balebreviceps hillmani (Bale Mountains Tree Frog) - waiting until user (michelemenegon) has responded on a previous reminder from Mar 2024 before sending
Bamanophis dorri (Dorr’s Racer) - waiting until user (jakob) has responded on a previous request from Jan 2022 before sending
Batrachyla nibaldoi (Nibaldo’s Wood Frog) - waiting until user (vicentevaldesguzman) has responded on a previous request from Jan 2022 before sending
Blepharomastix pallidipennis - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Bodianus flavipinnis (Yellowfin Pigfish) - waiting until user (kengraham) has responded on a previous request from Jan 2024 before sending.
Bodianus trilineatus (Fourline Hogfish) - waiting until user (kerrysink) has responded on a previous request from Dec 2023 before sending
Brachypeplus basalis - waiting until user (zosterops99) has responded on a previous request from Oct 2024 before sending
Bulbophyllum muricatum - waiting until user (mehdh) has responded on a previous request from Mar 2024 before sending
Caloptilia anthobaphes - just asked same user (gpohl) in Jan 2025
Carex erythrovaginata (Lax Bastard Grass) - just asked user (melissa_hutchison) in Mar 2024
Ceratocilia damonalis - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Ceratocilia gilippusalis - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Ceratocilia liberalis - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Ceratoclasis imbrexalis - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Ceuthophilus brevipes (Short-legged Camel Cricket) - just asked same user (josh_vandermeulen) in Dec 2022
Cerotainiops wilcoxi - just asked same user (bangert301) in Dec 2022/Mar 2023
Chiropterotriton arboreus (Arboreal Splayfoot Salamander) - waiting until user (smrovito) has completed a previous stalled request (Mar 2024) before sending.
Chondrometopum arcuatum - user dieterschulten has only image, but is marked as CC-BY-NC (Jul 2024)
Chrysops divisus - just asked same user (gabrielsomarriba) in Mar 2023
Conassiminea studderti - just asked same user (tasmanian_cryptofauna) in Jan 2025
Conostylis angustifolia - waiting until user (overlander) has responded on a previous request (Nov 2024) before sending.
Crambus awemellus (Aweme Grass-Veneer) - just asked same user (kkrockytop) in Jan 2025
Dendropsophus shiwiarum (Kurintza Tree Frog) - just asked same user (felipecampos) in Feb 2022
Deoptilia heptadeta larva - just asked same user (dlmohn) in Feb 2025 and waiting until user (kitlaw) has responded on a previous request (Apr 2023) before sending.
Diaphus hudsoni (Hudson’s Lanternfish) - waiting until user (kengraham) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Decodes horariana - waiting until user (paul_dennehy) has responded on a previous request (Apr 2023) before sending.
Distigmoptera impennata - just asked same user (tmurray74) in June 2024, but did not complete change.
Donacia tuberculata - just asked same user (tmurray74) in June 2024, but did not complete change.
Dysstroma suspectata - 2 RG observations, but waiting until one user (dbeadle) has responded to previous request.
Erygia reflectifascia - user chayantgonsalves has only image, but is marked as CC-BY-NC (Mar 2025)
Eumecacris tournavista - user dieterschulten has only image, but is marked as CC-BY-NC (Jul 2024)
Filago discolor - user milan_chytry has only image, but is marked as CC-BY-NC (Feb 2025)
Goodenia glareicola - just asked same user (geoffbyrne) in Nov 2024
Granitites intangendus - waiting until user (botanistbob) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Haplorhynchites planifrons - waiting until user (psyllidhipster) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Hemipilia flabellata - just asked same user (tong-tong-) in June 2024
Herpetogramma omphalobasis - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Hydriomena macdunnoughi - only one RG image, but from a user (vantruan) that was previously unable to successfully change an image license.
Imma stilbiota - 3 RG images, 2 from a user that did not reply previously and one less than great image
Iniistius naevus (Orange-dot Razorfish) - just asked same user (rafi1) in Jan 2024
Liophidium trilineatum (Three-lined Smooth Snake) - just asked same user (nyoni pete) in Jun 2023
Lysiosepalum hexandrum - just asked same user (geoffbyrne) in Nov 2024
Microthyris lelex - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Mispila tonkinea - just asked user (jiangyou) in Mar 2025
Nannopetersius lamberti (Lambert’s Tetra) - just asked user (joe_cutler) in Mar 2024
Nosophora hypsalis - just asked user (domf) in Apr 2022
Nosophora maculalis - just asked user (wonwoong) in Apr 2022
Nymphaea thermarum (Pygmy Rwandan Water Lily) - need image of wild plant
Orchesella texensis - waiting until user (dingooctavious) has responded on a previous request before sending.
Orchestes andersoni - just asked user (silversea_starsong) in Mar 2024
Ornarantia gradella - just asked user (jeremycoleman) in Jan 2025
Ornarantia tristis - just asked user (mlarrivee) in Jan 2025
Parantica weiskei - waiting until user (mehdh) has successfully changed a previous request before sending (26 Jul 2022).
Parapercis muronis - just asked user (markmcg) in Jan 2024
Parapercis sexlorata (Sixstrap Grubfish) - just asked user (kengraham) in Jan 2024
Parapercis striolata (Banded Grubfish) - just asked user (markmcg) in Jan 2024
Parastagmatoptera vitreola - just asked user (nickvolpe) in Jan 2024
Parornix arbutifoliella - two RG images, but waiting until prev req answered (Jan 2025)
Patania aedilis - just asked user (domf) in Apr 2022
Patrobus lecontei - two RG images, but not sure if one user (mothmaniac) will reapply CC-BY to all images.
Phaedropsis bipunctalis - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Philomaoria sp. - three images, but waiting for the CC-BY-SA image to gain a second ID (Mar 2025)
Pipa arrabali (Arrabal’s Suriname Toad) - wait until prev req answered (Jan 2022)
Poeltiaria coromandelica - just asked user (melissa_hutchison) in Mar 2024
Protogygia enalaga - several RG images, but not sure if one user (mothmaniac) will reapply CC-BY to all images.
Psara subnitens - just asked same user (rainernd) in Dec 2022
Pseudochromis nigrovittatus (Bandit Dottyback) - just asked same user (john2454) in Feb 2024
Pseudochromis olivaceus (Olive Dottyback) - just asked same user (francoislibert) in Mar 2024
Pseudochromis omanensis (Oman Dottyback) - single observation, but just asked same user (john2454) in Feb 2024
Pseudochromis pictus (Painted Dottyback) - single observation, but just asked same user (ivansls) in Mar 2024
Pseudochromis punctatus (Black-back Dottyback) - single observation, but just asked same user (john2454) in Feb 2024
Pseudochromis wilsoni (Yellowfin Dottyback) - just asked same user (nickvolpe) in Jan 2024
Pseudolaguvia lapillicola - single observation, but just asked same user (karsten_s) in Mar 2023
Pterostylis elegantissima two RG images but Hugo Innes just posted another
Rachesa reventador - just asked user (damontighe) in Dec 2022
Rhinophis fergusonianus (Cardamom Hills Earth Snake) - user chayantgonsalves has only image, but is marked as CC-BY-NC (Mar 2025)
Scaevola chrysopogon - just asked same user (geoffbyrne) in Nov 2024
Sciocoris longifrons - waiting for response from same user (pfau_tarleton) on earlier request.
Scorpaenopsis brevifrons (Bigmouth Scorpionfish) - just asked same user (davidr) in Feb 2024
Stenopogon californiae - just asked same user (silversea_starsong) in Mar 2024
Stibadocerodes zherikhini - just asked same user (silversea_starsong) in Mar 2024
Stilpnia argyrofenges (Green-throated Tanager) - possible image to replace painted drawing.
Syngrapha u-aureum - two RG images to replace painted drawing.
Tecomanthe volubilis - waiting until user (mehdh) has responded on a previous request before sending (26 Jul 2022).
Thryssa vitrirostris (Orangemouth Anchovy) - just asked same user (ricky_taylor) in Dec 2023
Thisizima sedilis - user yipsee has only image, but is marked as all rights reserved (May 2025)
Udea abstrusa - user pam-piombino has only image, but is marked as CC-BY-NC (Apr 2025)
Verticordia stenopetala one RG image but Hugo Innes just posted another
that comments on users’ observations (i.e. if the species matches a list of target species) to suggest making the image available for contribution through a change of license? Posts like this are great, but unless one’s highly familiar with scientific taxonomy, just posting a list like this isn’t going to connect with a lot of people. Even if I recognize “Quercus” in the list, and think, maybe I have an oak in my observations, it’s a circuitous process. It just won’t connect with a lot of users here.